After I Abandoned the Black Lotus Sword Immortal

A reckless, blunt woman who is cold on the outside and warm within & an aloof beauty who is dark on the inside and wins himself over

Only after she died did Chu Jianhuan learn that she was a disposable side character in a male-led cultivation novel. As the young sect leader of the Joyous Union Sect, she fell in love with the male lead, Xie Qianyan, at first sight. She gave up her entire harem for him, only to fall into demonic cultivation when her love went unrequited and be killed by his sword.

The male lead, Xie Qianyan, was born with a sword bone and cultivated the Unfeeling Way. He was the chief disciple of the Qianjian Sect’s leader and widely recognized as the greatest sword cultivator of the age. At the end of the story, he slew the Demon Venerable, sealed away the demon race, became a sword immortal, and ascended to immortality.

After being reborn, Chu Jianhuan got a System. It wasn’t very reliable, but it still unlocked a golden finger.

System: Just shout, “I’m too good for you. Back off, all of you!” Anyone who dislikes you will retreat to at least ten meters away. The more they dislike you, the farther away they’ll go.

Chu Jianhuan: What kind of useless skill is this? And I have to embarrass myself in public?!

System: Dear, you can also say, “I’m the queen, you don’t deserve me. Back off, all of you!”

Chu Jianhuan: ...

And so Chu Jianhuan embarked on a mission to court disaster. She snapped at people at the slightest provocation, speaking in a syrupy, snide way with a touch of sarcasm. She clung to the male lead, got jealous, and occasionally threw in some corny pickup lines.

Chu Jianhuan: I just love how you can’t stand me but can’t kill me, either.

But an expedition into a secret realm threw Chu Jianhuan’s “road to success” off course. One careless moment, and she and Xie Qianyan stumbled into the Lovesick Miasma, which magnified the desire within them a hundredfold. Chu Jianhuan had no love in her heart and was perfectly fine, but could someone explain why Xie Qianyan kept moving closer to her???

Unable to match Xie Qianyan’s cultivation, Chu Jianhuan had no choice but to use her trump card. Great, he’d stopped undoing her robes.

Wait, why hadn’t he retreated ten meters away?

Chu Jianhuan began cursing the rotten System: Why doesn’t this skill work on the male lead? This is definitely rigged!

System: Did you forget the condition for the command to take effect?

Chu Jianhuan: What? Xie Qianyan is pretending to like me just so he can kill me. He really is devious and unscrupulous, stopping at nothing!

System: ...How am I supposed to save you, my socially clueless girl?

With her uniquely strange way of thinking, Chu Jianhuan had no choice but to make Xie Qianyan suffer for love. She reassembled her harem and declared that he was just something to amuse her when she was bored, even going so far as to claim he was a substitute.

In the end, at Chu Jianhuan’s grand selection of consorts, the darkened Xie Qianyan walked toward her step by step, covered in blood. Huddled in a corner, Chu Jianhuan shakily shouted the phrase.

Of course, it still didn’t work.

Reading Notes:

1. This is not a cultivation-leveling story. The focus is on romance.

2. Cultivation stages: Qi Attraction, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Tribulation Crossing, and Ascension. Each stage is divided into early, middle, and peak/late phases.

3. My own take on fantasy, with tons of original worldbuilding.

Coming Soon: "Taking the Real Crown Prince as My Lover" Please add it to your reading list!

Synopsis: Su Zhaolu was radiant as spring and the envy of all as the imperial princess. After spending more than a decade wandering among ordinary people, she returned to the palace one day and was showered with affection.

Only Su Zhaolu knew she was the cat in the old tale of the cat replacing the crown prince. The real crown prince was the new top scholar, Cui Yunye. Before long, Cui Yunye would reunite with the emperor and reclaim his identity as crown prince, while she would become a fake princess scorned by all and suffer imprisonment and calamity.

Even so, when Su Zhaolu got a second chance at life, she still snatched Cui Yunye’s jade pendant and went to claim her identity. This time, however, she decided to take Cui Yunye as her lover and keep him under close watch.

Unexpectedly, after waking from a dream one day, Su Zhaolu saw Cui Yunye standing beside her bed. By day, he wore a cold expression and kept everyone at a distance, but now his gaze burned like a flame, scorching and intense.

Su Zhaolu parted her lips, but before she could speak, Cui Yunye bent down, clasped her chin in his broad hand, and pressed her to meet his cold lips. His tone was utterly humble:

“Your subject longs for you day and night. Why have you not come, Your Highness?”

“The nights are deep and the dew is heavy in Zhaoye Hall. Your subject can only feel at ease by Your Highness’s side.”

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Cui Yunye was the newly appointed top scholar, with a brilliant career ahead of him. But the imperial princess chose him as her lover, cutting him off from a career in government.

Cui Yunye refused to give her what she wanted. He lay low and waited, preparing to repay her tenfold once he had succeeded.

Yet when he thought of the self who had not appeared in ten years kissing Su Zhaolu, Cui Yunye, always calm and controlled, still lost his composure.

Cui Yunye suddenly remembered the taunt from a former classmate not long ago: “What top scholar? You’re nothing but an outside lover the princess took in on a whim.”

He wanted to become crown prince again, but another version of himself wanted nothing more than to be Su Zhaolu’s lover, waiting for her favor.

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A Little Scene:

Su Zhaolu looked at Cui Yunye doing her makeup and pressed down on his hand. “Don’t pretend to be him,” she said coldly.

Cui Yunye laughed in anger and bent close to her ear. Watching the red marks on her fair neck, he spoke with unprecedented spite:

“He’s nothing but a fool. What gives him the right to compete with me for you?”

After saying that, Cui Yunye took Su Zhaolu’s hand and placed it on his lean, powerful waist. His expression softened, and his voice turned gentle.

“Your subject begs Your Majesty for mercy.”

Theme: Love means being honest with each other and facing hardship together